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Tajikistan

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Environment

Flooding hits Qurghonteppa city in Tajikistan

Flooding in Qurghonteppa city, the main city of Khutlon region, have destroyed more than 60 houses. The army and relief teams have moved in to offer...

by RFE/RL RFE/RL in Tajikistan on 02/04/2012

Politics

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Tajikistan

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Tajikistan to meet with other officials to discuss the economic state of Afghanistan.

by RFE/RL RFE/RL in Tajikistan on 26/03/2012

Arts & Entertainment

Navruz Celebration in Somonion, Rudaki District - Tajikistan

Tajik youth gather in the center of Somonion, the administrative seat of Rudaki district in Tajikistan, to celebrate the Navruz spring festival....

by Theodore Kaye in Tajikistan on 21/03/2012

02/04/2012 - Flooding hits Qurghonteppa city in Tajikistan - Tajikistan - Flooding in Qurghonteppa city, the main...
26/03/2012 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Tajikistan - Tajikistan - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Tajikistan to...
21/03/2012 - Navruz Celebration in Somonion, Rudaki District - Tajikistan - Tajikistan - Tajik youth gather in the center of...
08/11/2011 - Russian pilots sentenced for smuggling in Tajikistan - Tajikistan - A Tajik court has sentenced two pilots...
24/10/2011 - Alleged arson attack at cotton making plant - Vahdat - Tajikistan - Cotton bales were damaged in a fire in...
09/09/2011 - 20th year of Independence - Tajikistan - Tajikistan - Tajik citizens, soldiers, professionals...
23/08/2011 - 112 inmates in amnesty release in Tajikistan - Tajikistan - 112 inmates were released from a women...
22/09/2010 - Children used in cotton picking fields - Spitamen - Tajikistan - Children used in a cotton picking field...
03/09/2010 - Bomb Explosion at a Police station in Khujand, Northern Tajikistan - Tajikistan - A car packed with explosives rammed...
11/08/2010 - A Tajik restaurant - Tajikistan - Tajikistan – A restaurant in Dushanbe...

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Flooding hits Qurghonteppa city in Tajikistan

Environment

Flooding hits Qurghonteppa city in Tajikistan

Flooding in Qurghonteppa city, the main city of Khutlon region, have destroyed more than 60 houses. The army and relief teams have moved in to offer support.
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 2nd of April 2012
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Tajikistan

Politics

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Tajikistan

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Tajikistan to meet with other officials to discuss the economic state of Afghanistan.
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 26th of March 2012
Navruz Celebration in Somonion, Rudaki District - Tajikistan

Arts & Entertainment

Navruz Celebration in Somonion, Rudaki District - Tajik...

Tajik youth gather in the center of Somonion, the administrative seat of Rudaki district in Tajikistan, to celebrate the Navruz spring festival. Navruz is an ancient Persian new year ho...
by Theodore Kaye, on 21st of March 2012
Russian pilot Vladimir Sadovnichiy released after appeal in Tajikistan

Politics

Russian pilot Vladimir Sadovnichiy released after appea...

Russian Vladimir Sadovnichy and Estonian citizen Aleksei Rudenko, who were sentenced earlier this month to eight and a half years, have been released after an appeal. Kurgan-Tyube, Taji...
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 22nd of November 2011
Russian pilots sentenced for smuggling in Tajikistan

Politics

Russian pilots sentenced for smuggling in Tajikistan

A Tajik court has sentenced two pilots of a Russian aviation company to eight-and-a-half years in prison each for border violations and smuggling. The trial took place in Kurgan-Tyube, ...
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 8th of November 2011
Alleged arson attack at cotton making plant - Vahdat

Our World

Alleged arson attack at cotton making plant - Vahdat

Cotton bales were damaged in a fire in the city of Vahdat, owned by controversial religious leader Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda. The fire destroyed 600 bales of cotton. The local fire departm...
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 24th of October 2011
20th year of Independence - Tajikistan

Politics

20th year of Independence - Tajikistan

Tajik citizens, soldiers, professionals and students march in a parade celebrating Tajikistan's 20th year of Independence in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 9th September 2011
by Theodore Kaye, on 9th of September 2011
112 inmates in amnesty release in Tajikistan

Society

112 inmates in amnesty release in Tajikistan

112 inmates were released from a women's prison in the Southern Khatlon Province, in accordance with an amnesty passed by the lower house of parliament. Norak, Tajikistan. 23rd Aug...
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 23rd of August 2011
The Pamir Highway and the New Silk Road Revisited.

Our World

The Pamir Highway and the New Silk Road Revisited.

A road trip on the Pamir Highway, an epic road that culminates at 4100m above sea level and which was built in the 1940s by the Soviet Army to bring troops to Afghanistan. Khorog, Tajik...
by David Vilder, on 4th of August 2009
Children used in cotton picking fields - Spitamen

Society

Children used in cotton picking fields - Spitamen

Children used in a cotton picking field. Spitamen, Tajikistan. 22/09/2010
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 22nd of September 2010
Bomb Explosion at a Police station in Khujand, Northern Tajikistan

Society

Bomb Explosion at a Police station in Khujand, Northern...

A car packed with explosives rammed into a police station in Northern Tajikistan, triggering a powerful blast that injured at least 25 people and killing one. Khujand, Northern Tajikist...
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 3rd of September 2010
A Tajik restaurant

Our World

A Tajik restaurant

Tajikistan – A restaurant in Dushanbe, 11/08/2010
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 11th of August 2010
Children enjoy school holiday in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Society

Children enjoy school holiday in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Tajikistan – Children enjoy school holiday in Dushanbe, 21/07/2010
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 21st of July 2010
President Mahmud Ahmadinejad shakes hands with Emomali Rahmon

Politics

President Mahmud Ahmadinejad shakes hands with Emomali ...

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad shakes hands with Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 09/06/2010.
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 9th of June 2010
Flood aftermath in Kulob regions of Tajikistan

Environment

Flood aftermath in Kulob regions of Tajikistan

Flood aftermath in Kulob regions; a tent city was raised at the central stadium to accommodate the people who left without homes. Kulob Region, Tajikistan. 13/05/2010.
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 13th of May 2010
Minister Sherali Khayrulloev and Ahmad Vahidi visit Dushanbe

Politics

Minister Sherali Khayrulloev and Ahmad Vahidi visit Dus...

Tajik Defense Minister Sherali Khayrulloev (right) and his Iranian counterpart Ahmad Vahidi visit Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 13/05/2010.
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 13th of May 2010
military exercises in northern Tajikistan

Politics

military exercises in northern Tajikistan

Forces in northen Tajikistan conduct military exercises against imagined groups of armed militants. Khujand, Tajikistan. 27/04/2010.
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 27th of April 2010
Military anti-terrorist training of Boundary-2010 in Sughd region

Our World

Military anti-terrorist training of Boundary-2010 in Su...

Military anti-terrorist training of Collective Security Treaty Organization «Boundary-2010» in the Sughd region, Tajikistan. 22/04/2010.
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 22nd of April 2010
Nusratullo Abdulloev

Politics

Nusratullo Abdulloev

Nusratullo Abdulloev, head of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 16/04/2010.
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 16th of April 2010
Flood Damage in Tajikistan

Environment

Flood Damage in Tajikistan

A man looks at flood damage in Sarband Region. Sarband, Tajikistan. 14/04/2010.
by RFE/RL RFE/RL, on 14th of April 2010

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